It seems like I just get out of one conference, and into another. This week I am at Pulse 2008, which combines the best of IBM Tivoli and Maximo into one conference.Like many conferences, this one starts on Sunday, and ends on Thursday.

We're at the Swan and Dolphin hotels at [Walt Disney World] in Orlando, Florida. I've been to several conferences in Orlando, but this is my first time at the Swanand Dolphin. (When I walked into the main lobby, I had a bout of "deja vu". IBM LotusSphere was here last year, and they had a complete replica made in SecondLife!)

If you haven't been to Walt Disney World resorts, whether for a conference or vacation,there are two things you need to know:

1. Nothing is within a short "walking distance", you need to take a bus or boat to get anywhere
2. Despite this, you will be doing a lot of walking, so wear comfortable shoes!

Pulse encouraged everyone to blog and take pictures posted onto FlickR, here are a few from Sunday:

	Lou and Elizabeth from [Syclo], an IBM Business Partner		Mike and Megha from [Birlasoft] show off their accreditation
	Greg Tevis explains FilesX, recently acquired by IBM		Kevin and Diana from [Odin Technologies] that manage RFID tags
	A banner for our[IBM System Storage DCS9550] disk system for "deep computing" workloads		Elizabeth from[Eaton Powerware]
	I spoke to Mac Guidera, IBM tech lead for Lotus Greenhouse, about IBM'sProject Big Green		Laura Guio, IBM director of the Tivoli SWAT team, on the left.

You can see all of this set on my FlickR page[Pulse 08 - Day 1].

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